Ensilage distributor



June 15, 1954 v. J. KNOFF ENSILAGE DISTRIBUTOR Filed July 5, 1951 Vrcfor J knaff I INVENTOR.

A DIME?! Patented June 15, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,681,256 ENSILAGE DISTRIBUTOR Victor J. Knofl, Ivanhoe, Minn. Application July 5, 1951, Serial No. 235,197 1 Claim. (Cl. 302-60) rial into a bin, or the like, and particularly, this invention relates to certain improvements in the distributor which forms the subject matter of my Patent No. 2,557,977, issued on June 26, 1951.

The primary object of the instant invention is to provide novel means for rotatably mounting the distributor on the silage delivery conduit,

discharge end of an endelivery conduit;

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof; and, Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially on the plane of the line 3-3 of or ring I6 is whereby it is A plurality of radial, inwardly projecting studs 4 are secured to the support member I6 by pairs of nuts 26, each of the studs 24 carrying a pair of anti-friction bearings 28 to support a roller 30. The bearings 28 are sustained in position on the studs 24 by an additional nut 32 (see Figure H 3) and the several ferential track 34 provided in an annular race 36.

The race 36 is rigidly secured by suitable rivets,

like, 38 tubular casing 40, whereby this casing, together with the race 36, may freely rotate on the rollers 30 relative to the stationary supporting member [6.

The lower end of the casing 40 has secured thereto as at 42 a laterally projecting discharge spout 44, terial flowing from pinging against the to say, by virtue of the discharge end l2 and imblade or vanes 44.

of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In an ensilage distributor, the combination. 01' a stationary annular supporting member, a set of inwardly projecting radial studs References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Gibbons Draper Kennel Sievert Daddario Number Date Feb. 14, 1905 June 23, 1908 July 5, 1910 Dec. 30, 1930 Sent. 91 1mm 

